Accident in Neighboring County Results in One Death
By Connect-Bridgeport Staff on November 17, 2021
According to WDTV, one person is dead following a single-vehicle accident in Upshur County Monday.
Officers responded to a single-vehicle accident on Rt. 20 near the Barbour County line Monday morning, according to a press release issued by the Upshur County Sherriff’s Department.
Officers say the vehicle was traveling North on Rt. 20 when it left the roadway, stuck a tree, and came to rest over the embankment.
Officers went on to say the victim, whose identity has not been released, was found a short distance from the vehicle and that drugs and alcohol are suspected in the incident.
The release says the body was sent to the Medical Examiner’s office in Charleston.
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